Born on February 25
Renoir's Birthday
Paint the pleasures of life.
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Where it comes from
Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges, France, on 25 February 1841, and this Story marks his birthday. The son of a tailor, he was apprenticed at 13 to a porcelain factory, painting bouquets on plates.
How it's celebrated
There is no formal observance, but museums from Paris to London and Washington hang his paintings all year, and many share them online. His birthday is a good day to visit a gallery, to sketch friends at a café table, or to send a card with a picture full of colour and light.
Did you know
Renoir and his fellow Impressionists tried to paint light-filled pictures from which black was left out.
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